medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: pecia <[log in to unmask]> > Mise en ligne du Catalogue général des manuscrits des Bibliothèques publiques de France sur le site du CCFR ... > http://blog.pecia.fr http://blog.pecia.fr/post/2008/04/30/Catalogue-general-des-manuscrits-des-Bibliotheques-publiques-de-France#comments Many Thanks, Jean Luc. alors and alas, perhaps i'm misreading your text, but i'm apparently not a sophisticated enough navigator of Arcane French Gubberment websites (which all appear to be Designed by Geniuses and Executed by Morons) to be able to find where i can actually *download* the "rétroconversion (numérisation océrisée) de la collection." meanwhile, Stanford has a list of the town libraries in the various volumes here: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/medieval/deptmss.htm and 19 (of the 116) volumes available in .pdf format here: http://standish.stanford.edu/bin/search/advanced/process?sort=title&browse=1&clauseMapped%28titleBrowse%29=Catalogue+ge%CC%81ne%CC%81ral+des+manuscrits+des+bibliothe%CC%80ques+publiques+de+France.++De%CC%81partements+... [Nota Bennies: there is at least one cataloging mistake among those --the downloadable file not matching the volume number given] note that these PDFs are in (what i call) the "new" PDF format --very clean scans which are fully searchable/pasteable --i.e., OCRed PDF. but, there are only 19 of them (so far). following one of the many helpful links on your site to the CALAMES database, i came across this interesting entry http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/#details?id=BSGA12597 Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Ms 881 Plan d'une « Histoire ecclesiastique et civile de la ville et du dioceze de Chartres » Copie, sauf quelques lignes, au verso du dernier feuillet, qui paraissent autographes. Le ms. a été rédigé entre 1719 et 1740 grâce à la mention, au fol. 9 vo, d'Antoine Lancelot, « de l'Academie des Belles-Lettres et Inscriptions ». Cote : Ms 881 Description physique : Papier. 9 feuillets. 350 × 227 mm. Date : XVIIIe siècle Langue : français Ancienne cote : Suppl. L. f. in-fol. 195 Ancienne cote : L. 9. Sujet : Lancelot (Antoine), de l'Académie des inscriptions Chartres (Diocèse) - Histoire ecclesiastique et civile Chartres - Histoire ecclesiastique et civile the Academician Antoine Lancelot was a major antiquaire of the early 18th c., with some interest in the Chartrain region that i already knew of --he was responsible for the fine engravings of the lost sculptures once on the facade of the collegial church of Ste Mary Magdalene in Chateaudun. i don't suppose anyone knows anything about this little Project for a history of Chartres?? c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html